Jesse vs Cancer

Jesse Case, a notable standup comedian, has been diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer, and puts his life on hold for treatment in a different city. This podcast is the hilarious documenting of these events.

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Jesse has a cold and his throat hurts, so he records an episode to explain why he can’t record an episode. Then he still rambles about his dad’s homemade desserts, meeting a girlfriend’s parents, The Beatles, and why we invade countries. But, it’s not an episode.

It’s Episode 25: The Cancery Christmas Special! Jesse rants a little about getting gifts as a kid, drunk moms and cheap dads. Then he’s joined by Brian Bates (@brianbatescomic) to discuss the origin of the holiday. As a special treat, Vegas lounge act Thatcher Wadswallow and the 4 Skins stop by with an original Cancery Christmas song!

Jesse has already forgotten recording this episode, but that doesn’t stop him from uploading it. He talks about his recent almost-bar fight, bitterness in comedy, people that spoil movies, chemo fatigue, and erectile disfunction.

This week, Jesse dives right in talking about the terrorist attacks in Paris, ISIS, Nihilism vs Optimism, and chemotherapy. Then he talks about really heavy subjects like tongue clicking tribes, presidential blowjobs, chess movies, and cheese sticks.

This week Jesse is lucid between chemo treatments, and takes advantage of it to ramble about dinosaurs, abandoned lighthouses, the new mammogram guidelines, and being creepy versus perverse. Then he’s joined by his dad, Lizard, to talk time travel and stage fright.

Jesse is stoooooned, maaaaan. In this episode he dives face first into Butt Robots, Plague Doctors, Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns, Chemo Boners, and gives advice to someone doing their first standup set soon.

Jesse has had too much coffee, and uses it to rant about being a good nurse versus a bad one. He also rambles about baseball sex-slang, sharing a bathroom with his dad, Klingons, and Carly Fiorona's made up video.

Jesse is on narcotics for the first time after a tooth extraction. He manages to ramble about magicians, smoking crack in a treehouse, and outrage culture. Then he keeps it light by answering an email about suicide when facing a terminal illness.

Jesse has surgery coming up, and dives into the details. He also manages to discuss starting standup, Satan's real hobbies, and a great time at a concert. Then he introduces the forum, talks listener pet peeves, and gives advice to a young man looking to lose the big V.

Jesse has no recollection of recording this episode because of anti-nausea medication. That doesn't stop him from discussing genetic testing, Groundhog's Day, the Bat-Signal, getting "friend-zoned", his first summer job, Pilgrims, Jonestown, and finally introducing his dad, Lizard, for some sound advice.

In this episode, Jesse describes/talks CT scans, gives an update on his treatment, and talks about "cancer holding patterns". He also manages to ramble about paintings of dogs playing poker, sports movies for kids, blind dates, deciding a country's fashion, and viral politics. His buddy and fellow comedian Brent Schmidt is visiting, and sits in on an e-mail question about deciding what to do with your life.

Jesse records this one during his 4th round of chemo, so it gets weird. He gives an update on his treatment, and then rambles about Waffle House, Ted Bundy, ugly ducklings, and highschool productions of Transformers. Then he gets super existential during a listener e-mail. Get into it.

In this episode, Jesse dives really deep into how to deal with a sick or terminally ill person as a family member or friend. He also talks about way more important stuff like saloon brawls, German porn, making out in public, human potential, and clogged toilets. Sponsored by Dodge.

Jesse does this episode while getting chemotherapy, so it gets a little druggy. His mind wanders around side effects, make-a-wish-foundations, medieval illiteracy, getting on stage again, and seeing his parents naked. Then he takes a question from a guy who hates musicals. No sponsers this week because Dodge is actually pretty pissed.